Quran or Koran

The Quran, also romanised as Qur'an or Koran, literally meaning "the recitation", is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the verbatim word of "God", or as they call it, "Allah". It is widely regarded as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language.

QURAN: FACTS, HISTORY AND TRADITION, EVIL QURAN QUOTES AND BELIEFS

The Quran or Koran
(القرآن
in Arabic), also commonly transliterated Qur'an,
is a scripture considered sacred by Islam.

The name Koran, or better
Qur'an, from the Arabic stem Qara'a, "to read", "to
recite", means the "Reading", the "Recitation",
i.e. the "Book", par excellence. It is also called —
to select a few of many titles — "Alkitab" (The
Book), "Furquan" ("liberation", "deliverance",
of the revelation), "Kitab-ul-lah" (Book of "God"),
"Al-tanzil" (The Revelation). It consists of one hundred
and fourteen suras or chapters, some being almost as long as the Book
of Genesis, others consisting of but two or three sentences. It is
smaller than the New Testament, and in its present form has no
chronological order or logical sequence.

In the seventh century,
Muhammad claimed the angel Gabriel visited him. During these
"angelic" visitations, which continued for about 23 years
until Muhammad's death, the angel purportedly revealed to Muhammad
the words of Allah (the Arabic word for "God" used by
Muslims). These dictated revelations compose the Quran, Islam's holy
book. Islam means "submission," deriving from a root word
that means "peace." The word Muslim means "one
who submits to Allah." The Quran is organized (roughly)
according to the length of the chapters. There are 114 suras (or
chapters), with many of the later and more warlike ones appearing
near the beginning.

The verses are of two
kinds: Meccan and Medinan. Meccan verses are characterized by praise
of a monotheistic God and condemnation of polytheism. Medinan verses
reflect divine laws and commandments that would help Muhammad in his
new role as a leader of men; that is to say, the verses are concerned
more with the social laws and obligations of Muslims.

The Quran contains dogma,
legends, history, fiction, religion and superstition, social and
family laws prayers, threats, liturgy, fanciful descriptions of
heaven, hell, the judgment day, resurrection, etc. — a
combination of fact and fancy often devoid of force and originality.
The most creditable portions are those in which Jewish and Christian
influences are clearly discernible.

AN EVALUATION OF THE QURAN

Compared to the Bible, the
Quran has some similarities but significant differences. Like the
Bible, the Quran is monotheistic. However, the Quran reject the
Trinity—that God has revealed Himself as one in three Persons:
the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While each Person of the Trinity is
fully God, God is not three gods but three in one.

The Quran claims that
Jesus was a mere prophet—not God's Son. The Quran asserts that
Jesus, though born of a virgin, was created like Adam. Many Muslims
do not believe Jesus died on the cross. They do not understand why
Allah would allow His prophet Isa (the Islamic word for "Jesus")
to die a torturous death. Yet the Bible shows how the death of the
perfect Son of God was essential to pay for the sins of believers
(Isaiah 53:5-6; John 3:16; 14:6; 1 Peter 2:24).

The Bible teaches that
God's Son came in the form of man, a truth called the incarnation
(Luke 1:30-35; John 1:14; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 4:1-3). The Lord
Jesus Christ conquered the penalty and power of sin by dying on the
cross (Romans 6:23). After rising from the dead, Jesus went back to
Heaven to be with His Father and sent the Holy Spirit to believers
(Acts 1:8-11). One day, Christ will return to judge and rule (Acts
10:42; 43). Those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus will live with
Him, but those who refuse to follow Him must be separated in hell
from the Holy God.

"The Father loves the
Son and has given all things into his hand. Whoever believes in the
Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see
life, but the wrath of God remains on him" (John 3:35-36).
Either Jesus bears the wrath of God for your sin on the cross or you
bear the wrath of God for your sin in hell (1 Peter 2:24).

The Trinity is essential
to the Christian faith. Without the Trinity, there would be no
incarnation of God's Son in the Person of Jesus Christ. Without Jesus
Christ, there would be no salvation from sin. Without salvation, sin
would condemn all to an eternal hell. The Quran rejects the Trinity.

Islam teaches that the
Quran (c. 610 – 632 AD) is the final authority and the last
revelation of Allah. The Bible, however, was completed in the first
century with the Book of Revelation. Islam maintains that
previous messages and revelations have been partially changed or
corrupted over time, but consider the Quran to be both the unaltered
and the final revelation of God.

Islam's claim that the
Bible somehow has been corrupted over time but their own book
remained unchanged is indeed quite illogical and false, but perhaps
not surprising. They must say something to excuse themselves and
their "holy" books stark departure from God's true
revelation, the Bible, mustn't they?

Contrary to what Muslims
say, Islam is indeed a man made religion "based on what Muhammad
supposedly said in the Quran", because if the Quran originated
from God as Muslims claim, then He contradicted Himself – which
is impossible – since God clearly said in His previous true
Revelation, the Bible, that He had a Son, Jesus Christ (Isaiah
9:6; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke
9:35; 2 Peter 1:17), but God apparently later changed His
mind—according to the Quran and the Muslims.

The true religion cannot
have blatant illogic at the heart of its teaching. Islam has blatant
illogic at its heart. Islam considers Jesus to be a prophet, but it
denies that He was God. Islam says that God had no Son and it
repudiates the Trinity.

The illogic is this: Jesus
said and indicated that He was God many times (e.g., John 8:58). On
this point one can also consult: Where does the Bible teach that
Jesus is God? (see below). If He was not God (as Islam and the Quran
says), then He was a false prophet for claiming to be God when He was
not. According to Islam, he would logically – and we say this
for the sake of argument for those who, God forbid, might accept
Islam as true – have to be considered a blasphemer and a false
prophet. He could not logically be considered a prophet. That proves
that Islam is a false religion and that it has an official teaching
which is blatantly false and illogical. It proves it without even
getting into the other false teachings of Islam which demonstrate
that it's a false religion which was inspired by the enemy of mankind
to lead souls astray.

Jesus Christ was God, and
the Christian religion is the one true religion. You need to convert
to it and be baptized for salvation.

"…
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified,
whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him this man standeth
here before you whole. … Nor is there salvation in any
other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby
we must be saved." (Acts 4:10;12).

"And
he (Jesus) said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach
the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and
is baptizedshall be saved: but he that believeth not
shall be damned." (Mark 16:15-16)

EVIL QURAN QUOTES

Pedophilia in the Quran

According to Surah 2:228,
if a Muslim man wants to divorce his wife, he should wait until she
has gone through three monthly cycles (i.e. three periods). But the
question later arose: What are men who want a divorce supposed to do
when their wives, for whatever reason, do not have monthly cycles?
The Quran answers this question in Surah 65:4, where it gives
divorce rules for (1) women who do not have monthly cycles because
they are too old, (2) girls who do not have monthly cycles because
they are too young, and (3) women and girls who do not have monthly
cycles because they are pregnant. The verse declares that, if Muslim
men want to divorce girls who haven't yet reached puberty, they must
wait three months (after having sex with them).

Here are two translations
of Surah 65:4:

Qur'an
65:4 (Arberry)--As for your women who have despaired of further
menstruating, if you are in doubt, their period shall be three
months; and [also for] those who have not menstruated as yet.
And those who are with child, their term is when they bring forth
their burden. Whoso fears God, God will appoint for him, of His
command, easiness.

Qur'an
65:4 (Rodwell)--As to such of your wives as have no hope of the
recurrence of their times, if ye have doubts in regard to them, then
reckon three months, and let the same be the term of those who
have not yet had them. And as to those who are with child, their
period shall be until they are delivered of their burden. God will
make His command easy to him who feareth Him.

Here are three classic
Muslim commentaries on 65:4:

Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (on Qur'an 65:4)--Allah the Exalted
clarifies the waiting period of the woman in menopause. And that is
the one whose menstruation has stopped due to her older age. Her
`Iddah is three months instead of the three monthly cycles for those
who menstruate, which is based upon the Ayah in (Surat) Al-Baqarah.
[see 2:228] The same for the young, who have not reached the years
of menstruation. Their `Iddah is three months like those in
menopause.

Tafsir
al-Jalalayn (on Qur'an 65:4)--And [as for] those of
your women who (read allà'ï or allà'i in both
instances) no longer expect to menstruate, if you have any doubts,
about their waiting period, their prescribed [waiting] period shall
be three months, and [also for] those who have not yet
menstruated, because of their young age, their period shall [also] be
three months.

Tafsir
Ibn Abbas (on Qur'an 65:4)--(And for such of your
women as despair of menstruation) because of old age, (if ye doubt)
about their waiting period, (their period (of waiting) shall be three
months) upon which another man asked: "O Messenger of Allah!
What about the waiting period of those who do not have menstruation
because they are too young?" (along with those who have it not)
because of young age, their waiting period is three months.

For Muslims who want to
say that this verse could refer to divorcing prepubescent girls whose
husbands haven't had sex with them, the Quran refutes this claim.
Surah 33:49 says that there is no waiting period if a man has not had
sex with his bride.

Quran
33:49--O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then
divorce them before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye
to count in respect of them: so give them a present. And set them
free in a handsome manner.

Hence, the Quran says
that there is no waiting period if a man hasn't had sex with his
bride, and the Quran prescribes a waiting period for men who want to
divorce their prepubescent child-brides. This presupposes that the
men have had sex with them, which means that the Quran allows sex
with prepubescent girls. This shouldn't be surprising, since Muhammad
himself married a six year old girl and had sex with her at the age
of nine. Muhammad is also said to have placed his penis between the
thighs of Aisha, his child bride, and he massaged it until he
ejaculated since he could not have sexual intercourse with her until
she was nine. So what does this mean? It means that the Islamic
religion's 'holy' book promotes pedophilia!

HAVE CHRISTIANS CORRUPTED THE BIBLE?

Some Muslims accuse
Christians of corrupting the Bible. While this charge would explain
the differences between the Quran and the Bible, the allegation has
no credible evidence. The Quran praises the Bible, and scholars
verify the Bible's authenticity.

The Bible is commended
in the Quran

Islam cannot teach that
the Bible was corrupted before or during Muhammad's life because the
Quran commends the Bible: "And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to
follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed)
before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is
guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it
in the Torah—a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward
off (evil)" (Surah 5:46).

The Bible is verified
by scholars

Since the Bible could not
have been changed before or during Muhammad's time, the only other
possible time for corruption was after his death. But scholarly
evidence proves that up to the twenty-first century, nothing of
doctrinal significance differs in the Hebrew and Greek texts of the
Bible. Aside from grammar and spelling variation, the Bible today is
essentially the same Bible that Muhammad praised (Surah 3:3).

Also, by the time Muhammad
was born, thousands of Bibles existed around the world in different
languages. If some people did corrupt the Bible, how could they have
destroyed all the accurate Scriptures exposing such deceit?

In recent years,
manuscripts of Scripture dating back to the third century B.C. have
been discovered and verify the accuracy of the Bible we have today.

The Bible is truth

God has preserved His
truth forever. "Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to
those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke
you and you be found a liar" (Proverbs 30:5-6; see also Psalm
119:160; Matthew 5:17; 18; Luke 16:17; John 10:35b; 1 Thessalonians
2:13; 2 Timothy 3:13-17; 2 Peter 1:20; 21; Revelation 22:18; 19).

DO THE QURAN AND MUHAMMAD AFFIRM OR
REJECT THE BIBLE?

SHOULD A MUSLIM READ THE BIBLE?

The Quran praises the
Bible as God's preserved truth.

As a Muslim, what is your
guide? If hadiths or imams differ with the Quran, which would you
believe? Most likely, the Quran is your ultimate authority. Does the
Quran give you permission to learn from the Bible?

"Lo!
We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light" (Surah
5:44a; 2:87).

"And
We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps,
confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We
bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light,
confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a
guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil)"
(Surah 5:46).

"It
is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book,
confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses)
and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He
sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong)"
(Surah 3:3).

"If
thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask
those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath
indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in
doubt. And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of Allah,
for then wert thou of the losers" (Surah 10:94-95; 16:43).

If you are a Muslim, you have no reason
not to read the Bible.
The Quran commends it. Why don't you start today? Begin with the
Gospel of Luke, which tells the story of Jesus. He alone can give you
assurance of paradise.

DOES THE QURAN REPLACE THE BIBLE?

Many Muslims have never
read the Bible because they think the Quran has replaced it. The
Quran, however, never claims to annul the Bible. The Quran praises
the Bible as God's guiding truth (Surah 5:46; 3:3; 10:94-95).

Some Muslims say that just
as the Gospel (Injeel) abrogated the law (Tauret), the Quran
replaces the Gospel. However, the Gospel did not abrogate the law.
The perfect Jesus came, not to abolish the law, but to fulfill the
law.

Jesus
said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the
Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For
truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,
not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished"
(Matthew 5:17-18).

Trust God's Word, the
Bible, which can never be replaced. "The sum of your word is
truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever"
(Psalm 119:160).

ARE THERE ERRORS IN THE QURAN
(KORAN)?

Though Muslims often argue
for the divine origin of the Quran on grounds that "no error,
alteration, or variation" has touched its copies since its
inception, such a view does not accurately represent the facts. While
it is indeed correct to say that the Quran of today is a nearly
perfect copy of its seventh-century counterpart, the notion that
these copies reflect the exact words as handed down by Muhammad is
becoming increasingly problematic.

Historical sources prove
that there were several different texts circulating in Syria, Iraq
and Armenia prior to the final revision produced by Uthman. Zaid,
Muhammad's long-time secretary, was called in by Uthman to oversee
the final and definitive authorized version of the Quran. All other
copies of the Quran were then burned so that there could be no
challenge to the authorized text. It remains to be answered why
Uthman would have had to produce an authorized version of the Quran,
if indeed the Quran had been perfectly preserved from the beginning!

To quote Alfred Guillaume,
one of the best-known non-Muslim scholars on Islam:

"Only
the men of Kufa refused the new edition, and their version was
certainly extant as late as A.D. 1000. Uthman's edition to this day
remains the authoritative word of God to Muslims. Nevertheless, even
now variant readings, involving not only different readings of the
vowels but also occasionally a different consonantal text, are
recognized as of equal authority one with another!"

When one compares the
different transmitted versions of the Quran, it becomes evident that
there are, in fact, variants among them. While these variants usually
involve differences in individual letters, vowels or diacritical
marks, the Muslim claim of perfect unity in the copies of the Quran
is incorrect.

Moreover, since part of
the Islamic claim is that God has been giving revelations to mankind
throughout history, including the Psalms of David and the four
Gospels, one wonders why it is claimed that Allah miraculously
preserved the Quran in infallible copies, whereas Allah was
apparently singularly incapable of accomplishing the same feat with
the previous revelations.

Let us weigh the validity
of the claim at hand. Just how excellent is the literary quality? In
his book, Jesus Among Other Gods, well-known self-professed
"Christian" apologist Ravi Zacharias argues:

"Let
us consider just one troublesome aspect, the grammatical flaws that
have been demonstrated. Ali Dashti, an Iranian author and a committed
Muslim, commented that the errors in the Quran were so many that the
grammatical rules had to be altered in order to fit the claim that
the Quran was flawless. He gives numerous examples of these in his
book, Twenty-three years: The Life of the Prophet Mohammed."

In the book which
Zacharias cites above, Dashti writes:

"The
Quran contains sentences which are incomplete and not fully
intelligible without the aid of commentaries; foreign words,
unfamiliar Arabic words, and words used with other than the normal
meaning; adjectives and verbs inflected without observance of the
concord of gender and number; illogical and ungrammatically applied
pronouns which in rhymed passages are often remote from the subjects.
These and other such aberrations in the language have given scope to
critics who deny the Quran's eloquence…To sum up, more than
100 Quranic aberrations from the normal rules and structure of
Arabic have been noted."

Are there errors in the
Quran? – What about fulfilled prophecy?

Islamic apologists make
the claim that the Quran predicts Muslims would be victorious at
home and abroad (Surah 30:1-5). But this can hardly be utilized as an
argument for a divine origin. The prediction that Muslims would be
militarily victorious (especially when one considers Muhammad's
overwhelming military force) is not very impressive.

Not only is the time
between these predictions and their subsequent fulfillment almost
nil, but some argue the prediction of Islamic victory is better
understood as a pre-battle victory speech from Muhammad to boost the
morale of his troops.

Islamic prophecy does not
even come close to the level of the prophecies in the Bible, many of
which were written hundreds of years in advance, such as the
prediction that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

"The
Quran, which was revealed fourteen centuries ago, mentioned facts
only recently discovered or proven by scientists. This proves without
doubt that the Quran must be the literal word of God, revealed by
him to the Prophet Muhammad, and that the Quran was not authored by
Muhammad or by any other human being."

How valid is this claim?
First, conformity to science is not proof of divine inspiration. As
modern scientists will admit, scientific models are constantly
changing, so they are not an absolute gauge for what is true or
false. Second, there are some highly suspect scientific statements in
the Quran which are ignored by modern Islamic apologists. For
example, Surah 23:14 makes the claim that human beings are formed
from a clot of blood. Surah 18:86 claims that the sun sets in a
spring of murky water. Clearly, even if the claims with respect to
scientific insights were valid, the above statements would
immediately falsify any such notion of divine inspiration.

Are there errors in the
Quran? – Are there historical inaccuracies?

While the list of
historical inaccuracies and anachronisms is vast, one has been
selected for discussion here. Surah 20 relays the incident of the
golden calf. In Surah 20:85-88, 95 we read:

"He
[Allah] said, 'We have tempted thy people since thou didst leave
them. The Samaritan has led them into error.' Then Moses returned…and
we cast them [(gold) ornaments], as the Samaritan also threw them,
into the fire.' (Then he brought out for them a Calf, a mere body
that lowed; and they said, 'This is your god, and the god of Moses,
whom he has forgotten.')…Moses said, 'And thou, Samaritan,
what was thy business?'"

Now, let us consider this
for just a moment. How can a Samaritan have led the Israelites astray
at the time of Moses (approx 1400 B.C.) when the city of Samaria was
founded by King Omri about 870 B.C.? The Samaritans did not exist
until after the exile of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the
resettlement of the area under King Sargon II in 722 B.C. with
non-Israelites who then adopted a syncretism (mixture) between the
religion of the Jews and their own polytheistic background. The
Samaritans did not exist until 530 years after Moses. By this mistake
alone, the Quran can be rendered unreliable and certainly not an
inerrant work of God.

Are there errors in the
Quran? – Conclusion

Having outlined just a
handful of many problems and difficulties pertaining to the Quran as
a divinely inspired work, we are all but forced to reject the Islamic
claim that the Quran represents an error-free word of God to
humanity. When a similar standard is applied to the Bible, the result
is self-vindicating, for the Bible emerges flawless.

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